In-vitro antimicrobial activity of Lawsonia inermis Linn (henna). A pilot study on the Omani henna

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-72

  Habbal, Omar A ^a   Al Jabri, Ali A ^a   El Hag, Abdulghaffar H ^a   Al Mahrooqi, Zahra H ^a   Al Hashmi, Nasser A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HENNA; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; LAWSONIA INERMIS; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LAWSONIA PLANT; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEEDS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14944364646     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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